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Italiano
M*A*S*H è una serie televisiva americana creata da Larry Gelbart, ispirata dal film M*A*S*H (1970) di Robert Altman (anche se al regista la serie non piaceva), che a sua volta era tratto liberamente dal romanzo (e dai suoi seguiti): M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (1968) scritta da Richard Hooker (nome d'arte di H. Richard Hornberger). La serie inoltre è influenzata dal romanzo Comma 22 (1961) di Joseph Heller.
Andata in onda dal 17 settembre 1972 al 28 febbraio 1983, per un totale di 11 stagioni e 251 episodi, la puntata finale risulta essere la più vista della storia della televisione americana (con 105,9 milioni di telespettatori).
La versione originale ha in sottofondo le false risate del pubblico, quella italiana ne è sprovvista.
MASH è l'acronimo di Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, letteralmente in italiano Ospedale Chirurgico da Campo dell'Esercito.
M*A*S*H è una tragicommedia incentrata sulle vicissitudini del 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (Ospedale Chirurgico da Campo dell'Esercito) statunitense in Uijeongbu, Corea, durante la Guerra di Corea (1950-1953).
Molte delle situazioni raccontate, anche le più assurde, sono realmente accadute, come testimoniano molti dei veterani del conflitto.
English
The Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) refers to a United States Army medical unit serving as a fully functional hospital in a combat area of operations. The units were first established in August 1945, and were deployed during the Korean War and later conflicts. The U.S. Army deactivated the last MASH unit on February 16, 2006.
The MASH unit was conceived by Michael E. DeBakey and other surgical consultants as the "mobile auxiliary surgical hospital". Col. Harry A. Ferguson, the executive officer of the Tokyo Army Hospital, also aided in the establishment of the MASH program. It was an alternative to the system of portable surgical hospitals, field hospitals, and general hospitals used during World War II. It was designed to get experienced personnel closer to the front, so that the wounded could be treated sooner and with greater success. Casualties were first treated at the point of injury through buddy aid, then routed through a battalion aid station for emergency stabilizing surgery, and finally routed to the MASH for the most extensive treatment. This proved to be highly successful; it was noted that during the Korean War, a seriously wounded soldier that made it to a MASH unit alive had a 97% chance of survival once he received treatment.
The MASH unit made its way into popular culture through the 1968 novel M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker, the 1970 feature film based on the novel, and the long-running television sitcom (1972–1983) based on the movie. A 1953 film, Battle Circus, also took place at a MASH.
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